PKR supremo Anwar Ibrahim has hailed Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin for being a ‘gentleman’ by gracefully relinquishing all his elected and appointed positions in the Penang government.
The opposition leader said PKR took pride that a young leader like Mohammad Fairus was standing up for his principle to clear his name from the graft allegations and prevent the party from being further tarnished.
According to Anwar, even though the embattled former Penang deputy chief minister was lured with millions of ringgit by certain quarters to defect, he nonetheless stood firm in resisting such temptations.
He said Mohammad Fairus could have joined Umno or become a ‘BN-friendly’ independent assemblyperson, but he chose not to.
"Fairus (left) chose to remain as a PKR man even though he had to relinquish all his positions," the PKR leader told some 500 party leaders and members at Yayasan Aman in Penanti, Permatang Pauh last night.The gathering was a briefing session by the PKR leadership for party supporters on Fairus’ resignation as Penanti assemblyperson on Thursday.
Anwar disclosed that he and Mohammad Fairus had held a series of private meetings before finally deciding that resignation was the best option.
Since Mohammad Fairus, 33, took office after the last general election 11 months ago, he had become the target of criticisms from certain blogsites, which are apparently linked to rival party leaders in Penang.
Mohammad Fairus resigned as DCM 1 and state executive councillor on April 8 after he was embroiled in a graft investigation carried out by Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC).
No comments:
Post a Comment